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Friday Fuel With Wendi Fournier is a bi-weekly blog geared to get you revved up! From cool writing prompts to top publishing trends and anything else I can slide in, Friday Fuel will give you the charge needed to blaze the publishing trail.
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The Best Author Advice for Aspiring Writers: Keep Going
Learn the best author advice for aspiring writers!
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Exploring Fiction Character Types: A Dive into the Archetypes that Drive Our Stories
Learn how different fiction character types drive a story's narrative.
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Why Flawed Characters Are Important in Fiction Writing
How to write flawed characters in fiction writing that your readers will fall in love with!
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3 Tips to Create Tension in Fiction Writing
Discover three easy tips to create narrative tension in your fiction writing.
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Fiction Writing: Creating Meaningful Character Names
Learn how to capture the perfect names for your fictional characters that every writer should know about!
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How to Avoid Writing Repetitive Scenes in Your Novel
Scenes are what make up a novel. Not only do we need enough scenes to push the plot and get our beloved characters down their path, but...
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How to Use Slang in Novel Writing
Slang is becoming more widely accepted in fiction writing these days, but like most things, there is a fine line to getting it right!
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How to Discover Your Unique Author Voice
Part of what makes famous authors stand out among others is their uniquely defined literary voice. Learn how to discover yours!
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Conquering Deep POV in Novel Writing
Ready to conquer deep POV in your novel writing? Click here to learn some tips and tricks to take your writing to the next level!
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Novel Writing Mistakes: Stop Ditching the Best Parts of Your Story
Learn how to stop ditching the best parts of your story in this novel writing mistakes series with developmental editor Wendi Fournier!
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The Inciting Incident: How to Ignite Your Novel
Learn how to hook your readers with a powerful inciting incident from Developmental Editor and Book Coach, Wendi Fournier.
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Mastering the Midpoint in Novel Writing
Mastering the midpoint in the craft of novel writing is a crucial step in the story development process. But to get it right, we must...
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How to Find the Motivation to Write Through Tough Times
One thing we all can agree on is that life can be hard. Pain is powerful. Heartache is horrible. We do our best to show up every day,...
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How To Write an Unforgettable Villain in Your Novel
The Joker. Dolores Umbridge. The Darkling. Amarantha. Gollum. We all know who these villains are because they have stayed with us long...
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5 Tips for Writing Powerful YA Fiction
From The Hunger Games to The Fault in Our Stars to Anne of Green Gables and every great YA novel in between, there’s no denying powerful...
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How to Beat the Writer's Blues
Writer’s block. Without a doubt, the two worst words for every writer. Like many fellow writers out there, I get bumped with a good dose...
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5 Ways to Motivate Yourself to Write
Even the most motivated of humans—you, me, Richard Simmons—can find it hard to ditch the yoga pants and fuzzy slippers to seize the day...
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Full Throttle: Use Dialogue Tags Like A Pro
Dialogue tags are like the wingbeats of a hummingbird. Even though you can't see them, you know they are there. Dialogue tags work in the...
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Dirty Thirty: 30 Filter Words to Delete From Your Writing
Filter words, or what I like to call dirty words, are those pesky words that slip into your writing and turn a clean script to murky. As...
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Let's Talk Author Bios
Love it or hate it, writing a picture-perfect author bio is every bit as important as the writing pieces you produce.
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